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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-12974

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Published Nov 17, 2025 · catalog updated Nov 17, 2025 · Gravity Forms Gravity Forms Plugin for WordPress

Patch now

CVE-2025-12974 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Gravity Forms Gravity Forms Plugin for WordPress against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.67%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated Gravity Forms Plugin for WordPress · vendor Gravity Forms Gravity Forms Plugin for WordPress

The Gravity Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the legacy chunked upload mechanism in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.21.1. This is due to the extension blacklist not including .phar files, which can be uploaded through the chunked upload mechanism. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload executable .phar files and achieve remote code execution on the server, granted they can discover or enumerate the upload path. In order for an attacker to achieve RCE, the web server needs to be set up to pro

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  • stated Gravity Forms Plugin for WordPress<= 2.9.21
  • vendor Gravity Forms Gravity Forms Plugin for WordPressversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-12974

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-12974 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Gravity Forms Gravity Forms Plugin for WordPress against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Gravity Forms Plugin for WordPress <= 2.9.21. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.67%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 17, 2025 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The Gravity Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the legacy chunked upload mechanism in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.21.1. This is due to the extension blacklist not including .phar files, which can be uploaded through the chunked upload mechanism. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload executabl

  2. Nov 17, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-12974

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-12974

    30-day exploitation probability 0.7%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-12974

    The Gravity Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the legacy chunked upload mechanism in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.21.1. This is due to the extension blacklist not including .phar files, which can be

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.